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Looking for a new expert sports betting tout to follow and help you make money? New York radio legend Chris “Mad Dog” Russo is not your guy.

“I threw things. I was so upset,” Russo recalled on Wednesday’s “First Take,” shouting about how the Texans-Jaguars game went under 48.5 total points.

Russo claimed to have a large five-leg parlay, with presumably the final leg being the Texans-Jaguars over 48.5, which lost thanks to Jacksonville failing on a goal-line conversion and now ex-Texans kicker Matt Amendola missing a 58-yard field goal with 34 seconds left, the ball hitting off the crossbar.

The ESPN personality and radio host did not say what other legs were a part of his “big parlay.”

He claims to have lost a wild amount gambling, which sparked co-hosts Molly Qerim, Marcus Spears and Stephen A. Smith’s curiosity about how much he actually lost.


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  Matt Amendola (16) missed a 58-yard field goal for the Texans near the end of a loss to the Jaguars. Getty Images Matt Amendola (16) missed a 58-yard field goal for the Texans near the end of a loss to the Jaguars. Getty Images

They guessed between $50,000-$100,000. Russo conceded that he lost in that area but wasn’t sure how much he actually lost.

That’s probably a drop in the bucket for Russo, who is making money hand over fist these days.

Russo claims to make $10,000 a week from ESPN and could make more than that for Sirius XM, where he hosts Mad Dog Radio.

If he’s making over seven figures per year, Russo is one of the few people who can actually afford to lose that much on sports betting.

Betting on the NFL?

Russo had lost a big wager on the Colorado Buffaloes earlier in the college football season.

He claimed that he would take a gummy and ‘bet the ranch’ on Colorado, which was a 21.5-point underdog and got embarrassed by the Oregon Ducks.

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